# NTSB CEN13WA480: Socata TBM-700, N850GC, Vertaizon, France, August 8, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 8, 2013, 07:40 local (07:40 UTC)
- Place: Vertaizon, France
- Coordinates: 45.770969, 3.288411
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7710&lon=3.2884&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-IFR missed approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: BEA - France
- NTSB case key (mKey): 87756
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13WA480
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87756/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13WA480

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach-IFR final approach: Navigation error](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/280); cases with it: [Socata TBM 700, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/280/sequence.md?model=8682000), [All aircraft, 21 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/280/sequence.md)
- [Approach-IFR missed approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Socata TBM 700, 19 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=8682000), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N850GC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N850GC-2014-02-14), registration cancelled 2014-02-14, S/N 645, built 2013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM-700
- Registry model: [Socata TBM 700](https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700) (registry code 8682000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A66D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a66d) (registry code 52281, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: LFPN, Toussus-Le-Nobl
- Destination: LFLC, Clermont-Ferran
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: LCTF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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